Redi Domum

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Who: The missing visitors and you. Open to everyone.
Where: MAGI Labs
Summary: After being violently removed from the Tower of Animus, everyone is returned 'home'.
Warnings: None

There was a tight clench behind your navel, the sensation of something dragging you through the fabric of time and space itself... it was an unpleasant sensation, almost sickening. Those of Hinoto-Ri had vanished from the tower completely when the clock struck midnight from what had just happened, removed from that reality. It had happened with such abruptness that it was downright disorienting to observe. There was no chance for a hurried goodbye, no chance of even letting out a surprised scream...

Those of Hinoto-Ri were dragged back to their own world with very little grace, and for a dizzying and wild thirty seconds, they suffered from the sensation of thick tentacles grasping and yanking their bodies this way and that through a swirling blur of matter. Where were they going? What had caused this?

After those sickening moments that seemed to last far longer, they were unceremoniously shoved out of the Shining Trapezohedron in a stream of bright lights, and into what looked like a giant room filled with computer screens. At least it didn't appear to be the Mictlan, like when the other group had returned.

Pray that you weren't on the bottom of the pile...

Now there was a quiet hum, as an alarm went off. Lights shone brightly upon you as scientists outside were running scans to determine you weren't harmful from your trip. That left you time to think.

You had finally met him...

Nyarlathotep, the Crawling Chaos. He'd taunted some of you, shown you another world you had been sent to save...but in the end, nothing much had changed. Perhaps there was small solace that it was still standing and not completely obliterated as had been his plan. The questioned remained, however...

Where was He now? ...you could figure that out later. There were reunions to be had first.

[OOC - Anyone can start threads.]

Comments

[lighter_flick]

He was about to ask what the hell was going on when...it slowly began to click. Oh God, he...that moment when they were going to the new reality and he...he couldn't think of the ideal one for him. He couldn't do it! All he could think about was not forgetting his friends, so he just...

Was that what Eikichi was saying!? And...and Maya was being harassed by Sudou again before she showed up here, and he was goading her to remember the flames and the "Other Side" and....

Oh God. Oh no...

Tatsuya quietly knelt down to where Eikichi kind of slid, but he's quiet and doesn't really look him in the eye.

That is the look of guilt.

[deathboss]

Mentally, Eikichi cursed himself. He'd fallen right into Nyarlathotep's trap, hadn't he? That bastard had wanted him to tell the other, to let his anger take over and hit him with an undeniable truth that could destroy his best friend from inside.

And like a fool, he had fell for it, hook, line and stinker.

"Tachan I..." What can you tell to someone in that instance? After all that you said before? "I don't blame you. Even if I'd remembered I would never have blamed you for it. How can I when...I would have done the same. Wait I...not even that." He shook his head. "I know somewhere, one of me did the same. And he knew that. That fucking bastard KNEW. THAT. He's just trying to use us against each other. I'm not gonna let him! Screw him and his arbitrary rules!"

[lighter_flick]

For the moment, Tatsuya was numb with the shock of finally understanding what Maya-nee was talking about. Of course, he...

He screwed up again and Maya was in danger because of it. No wonder she mentioned Tatsuya pulling her out of danger several times! It was his fault that she was....

"...I couldn't...think of an ideal life without you guys. I..."

It was less him defending himself and more him trying to apologize.

[deathboss]

Eikichi shook his head and held up a hand.

"Shut up okay? Just...shut up." He crossed his arms, before giving him a smile. He was mad, yeah, and also still ashamed at himself for letting him getting caught into it, but this was having the opposite effect on him that Nyarlathotep had planned

"Tell you what." idly, he touched his chin with two fingers one after the other, thinking. "I'll let this pass, if we figure out what to do here, save the city and then you gotta promise me to figure out an ideal life without us. I know it's hard forgetting such a pretty face like mine, Taachan, but we'll do it for Maya-nee, got it?" His grin grew a little wider. He didn't want to give into that despair. "Always imagined you as a mechanic myself...but of course your true destiny is with Gas Chamber, hmmmm? Then maybe we could punch both of 'em for all their dumbass bets!! Did I tell you that I punched Philemon when I first came here? Kinda felt satisfying heh heh heh..."

[lighter_flick]

He didn't say much because, as usual, Eikichi was going on and on and he was having a hard time keeping track and his words just kind of blurred except for near the end, and he nods.

"...Yeah? Hah." Let's not share what he did to Philemon before he left.

[deathboss]

Eikichi nonchalantly just tapped him on the back.

"Don't worry bro! You'll get your chance one day, I'm sure!" He looked around and groaned. "We should get out of here. Never was a fan of science facilities. What'd you do while I was gone for a month, anyway? Anyone else show up?"

[lighter_flick]

Of course...

"Well, I...saw Maya-nee."

Oh, Maya-nee! The one who...didn't...remember them!

That was a fun conversation to have.

[deathboss]

"...oh."

That must have been a fun conversation to have. Now it was his turn to apologize.

"I was gonna tell you but I ended up in the tower and...well...I really don't want to go there again. But all those people stuck there..."